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WORD OF ADMONITION:
Isn’t it strange that none of the epistles were addressed to the "pastor;" important travelers coming to town were not greeted by the "pastor;" and collections of money were not mainly given to the "pastor."
Is it any wonder that some “pastors” today get extremely agitated when someone tells them that their job is strangely unbiblical?
THIS WEEK’S CHURCH
CATCHPHRASE
“FORMAL”
1) Being in accordance with the usual “church” requirements; to be seen of men; 2) An elaborate ceremony or church service.
“Formal church membership is vital for a professing Christian!”
The ecclesia of Christ is NOT a church building! Jesus did not set up a religious institution of any kind.
THIS WEEK'S BIBLE VERSE
You were running well; who hindered you that you should not obey the truth?
Galatians 5:7
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THIS WEEK'S
"The Pastoral Office"
“Jesus expects you to obey them that have the rule over you!”
It is understandable that those who have been spoon-fed their entire professed Christian lives under un-biblical and deceptive church leadership would have such a difficult time grasping some of the issues that are written about on this website.
When a well-packaged system of false teachings and practices has been religiously put forth to the multitudes for generations, the Truth does seem utterly preposterous and its messenger a crazed heretic.
More than anything else, Christians today need discernment to identify, and determination to escape from these church institutions AND individuals who posture themselves as “called of God to rule over His people.”
What do you do when you read something in the Bible that clearly contradicts what you were led to believe at church?